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- From: net@gagme.chi.il.us
- Subject: Errors occuring after using Norton util's
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.062135.15674@gagme.chi.il.us>
- Originator: net@gagme
- Lines: 43
- Sender: net@gagme.chi.il.us (Whoami Anyway)
- Organization: Gagme Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois.
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 06:21:35 GMT
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-
- I recently bought a used IIci running sys 7 and I have a pretty
- baffling problem (Well, baffling to me anyway). Everything was
- working just fine when someone suggested that I might improve my
- system's performance by running speed disk from the Norton Utilities.
-
- I did that and the dialogue box informed me that I could not optimize
- because files were open, but that I could de-fragment files, which I
- opted to do. After the de-fragmenting of files, virtually nothing
- will open from the finder. I get a message that says ..
-
- "XXXX could not be opened because an error of type -50 occured"
-
- This happens with virtually everything including Norton its self. I
- can open speed disk, but that is of no help. I can open SOME files
- saved on floppy, but not others. Disabling extensions is no use
- either. When I reboot, I get this message....
-
- -------
- "Error opening FileSaver data file. The file may be damaged or out of
- date. You should re-install FileSaver on HD. (error =32)
-
- (FileSaver INIT Error Number 16)"
-
- --------
- This also happens when I try to empty the trash, although after
- clicking on OK, the trash does empty.
-
- I am running StartUp Manager, but it also gives me a error -50
- message.
-
- So, what can I do to save this machine? I have had success copying
- files onto the floppy drive and I do have the system disks. However,
- I would like NOT to have to reload everything.
-
- Please try to help, I miss my mac already.
-
- E-mail is prefered, if possible, since news feeds here are slow,
- e-mail is pretty fast.
-
- Thanks
-
- Will
-